Penwiper



Jan, 23, 1923.

1,442,867 B. ENGLE ET AL.

PENWIPER. Fl LED Nov- 12, I921 Patented Jan. 23 1923.

UNETED srarss than? earner career...

- n-nnnnann ENGLE, or nEw'YonK, AND ABRAHAM'TWEEL, or BnooK'LYn, NEW YORK.

PENWIPEB.

Application filed November 12, 1921 Serial No; 514,547.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that we, BERNHARD ENGLE and ABRAHAM TWEEL, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State ofNew York, and boroughof-Brooklyn, county of'Kings, city and State of-New York, have invented new and useful Im-' provements in Penwipers, ofwhieh the following. is the I specification.

The device which is the subject of this inventionisintended not only as a pen wiper but as a pencleaner, as it not only removes the ink from the pen but will also clean the pen of any foreign matter and polish the surface cleaned.

Anobject of" the invention is to provide a pen wiping means that is absorbent to a high degree so that the surface presented to the pen in subsequent wipings will be sutficiently dry to take up the ink from the pen. lVe have however provided a plurality of wiping surfaces which will add mate rially to the useful life of our device and we have made the absorbent member readily removable so that a new member may be substituted when desired.

These and other objects will be fully set forth in the specification which follows and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of our de vice ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. This View is taken at right angles to the view shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

The device shown in Figure 1, is formed of sheet steel or any other suitable material and should possess a desirable degree of resiliency. In forming this device we produce a loop or return bend portion 5 having the shape and appearance of an open ring or cylinder, the ends of which extend away from the cylindrical member at an angle.

The ends of this metallic member are each shaped as a half of a cylinder, the axis of which is transverse to the axis of the me1nber 51 'These arms are shownat 6 and"? in Figure 1 and are provided with lugs as shown at 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and'18; eight lugsare provided, two at approximately midlength of each arm and two at theend of each arm, and in eacharm weproduce a V shaped slit as shown at 141, and-it will be noted that the metal-freed by this V- shaped slit is not removed but is turned inwardto instance should be somewhat ifnot Wholly lIIlPQIVlOHS to lnk. This linlng membermay be cemented within the cylindrical portion 5, but will be retained within the arms 6 and 7 by the lugs shown and indicated by the reference characters 9 to 13 inclusive.

Arranged between the arms 6 and 7 and retained by the spurs 15 and 16 is an absorbent member 19, shown as a round plug. This member may be formed of felt and we so prefer it, as felt has suflicient rigidity to prevent crushing or collapsing and to assure sufficiently complete frictional engagement to accomplish the wiping and cleansing of a pen that may be engaged in the manner to be later described.

It will be noted that the outer or free end of the felt member 19 is supported midway between the arms 6 and 7 and this is as we desire it, for when so suspended a pen may be introduced in either of the spaces A or B or between either arm and the felt member.

The wiping is accomplished by introducing the pen into the space A or B and thereafter pressing the arms toward each other. The leather lining of one arm will impinge upon the pen and cause it to engage and to be pressed [irmly upon the felt member. he pen is then withdrawn without a release of pressure which will allow the leatherto come in contact with the felt member and by this action not only will the ink be removed from the pen but the ink will also be removed from the leather lining, and we have found in continuous operation it is seldom or ever necessary to renew the leather.

To renew the felt member the arms are drawn apart until the spurs 15 and 16 are disengaged from the felt whereupon the felt member may be removed or may be merely given a quarter turn or partial rotation, which will cause the clean portion of the felt to be adjacent to the inner portions of the arms.

In the modification shown in Figure 4 resilient material is used for the arms. In this construction the arms are formed integral and the reduced cylindrical projection 20 may also be formed integral with the arms 21 and 22, the fibrous member 23 is in this construction received and retained in the member 20. The lugs for retaining the leather linings are also omitted, the.

leather being cemented within the arms 21 and 22. Obviously this device is of cheaper construction. Other modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle.

Having carefully and fully described our invention what we claim and desire to secure is 1. A pen wiper formed of flexible material and comprising an open cylindrical member, arms projecting therefrom, a semi-abrasive member upon each of said arms and a fibrous member between said arms.

2. A pen wiper having a plurality of arms, a lining member forsaid arms, a fibrous member retained between said arms, means upon said arms for retaining said lining member and means formed integral with said arms for retaining said fibrous member with its free end normally spaced away from said arms.

3. A pen wiper comprising an open cylindrical member, semi-cylindrical arms formed integral with said open cylindrical member and extending away therefrom, the axis of the cylinder of the arm being transverse to the axis of the first said cylinder, an absorbent member retained between the arms and a semi-abrasive member arranged as a lining for said arms, lugs formed integral with said arms for retaining said lining and a spur formed integral withemh said; arm, said spurs projecting towards each other and adapted to engage said fibrous member.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 22d of October, 1921.

BERNHARD EtNGLE. ABRAHAM TVVEEL. 

